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Effects of Decoction and Powder of Sipjotang with Jujubae fructus or Licorice on Liver and Kidney

  • Seo, In-Gyo;Zhao, Rong-Jie;Park, Eun-Young;Park, Sang-Mi;Choi, Song-I;Kim, Han-Kyun;Park, Sook-Jahr;Kwon, Young-Kyu;Kim, Sang-Chan
    • Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.235-242
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    • 2007
  • The effects of Jujubae Fructus and Licorice extracts on the main components of Sijotang Euphorbiae Kansui Radix, Daphinis Genkwa Flos, Euphonrbiae Pekinensis Radix (KWD) treatment [KWD decoction (KWDD) and KWD powder (KWDP)] related toxicities were examined in the kidney and the liver. To select more suitable extract which effectively reduce KWD-treatment related toxicities in the body, blood biochemical and histopathological changes induced by KWD were analyzed in the rats which received treament of KWD + Jujubae Fructus or KWD + Licorice. In the present study, no KWD-treatment related blood biochemical and histopathological change in the liver was detected. However, increase of tubules containing hyaline casts and atrophic tubules in the kidney was detected as the indicators of KWDD treatment related nephrotoxicity. Addition of Jujubae Fructus (KWDDJ) or Licorice (KWDDL) extracts effectively inhibited the nephrotoxcity induced by KWDD treatments. More ameliorated effects were acquired by addition of Jujubae Fructus extract (KWDDJ) than Licorice (KWDDL). In KWDP treatment, there was no significant difference in the number of tubules containing hyaline casts in all drug treated groups compared to normal or control group except for high dose of KWDP. Both of Jujubae Fructurs and Licorice reduced high dose of KWDP treatment related nephrotoxicity, and there was no significant difference between KWDPJs and KWDPLs. It is concluded that addition of Jujubae Fructus is more suitable than Licorice in reducing the nephrotoxicty of KWDD, also it is more suitable to taking Sipjotang in the form of powder than decoction.

Effects of Licorice on Embryonic and Fetal Development in Rats (감초가 랫드의 배 · 태자 발생에 미치는 영향)

  • Shin Sunhee;Jang Ja Young;Baek In-Jeoung;Yon Jung-Min;Nam Sang-Yoon;Yun Young Won;Cho Dae-Hyun;Kim Soon-Sun;Rhee Gyu-Seek;Kwack Seung-Jun;Kim Yun-Bae
    • Toxicological Research
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.325-332
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    • 2005
  • The developmental toxicity of water extract of licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) was evaluated in rats. Licorice extract (500, 1,000 or 2,000 mg/kg) was dissolved in drinking water and orally administered to male rats from 9 weeks before mating to the day of copulation, and to females from 2 weeks before mating to gestational day 19. On gestational day 20, the animals were sacrificed for Cesarian section, and maternal and fetal abnormalities were examined. Licorice extract neither induce clinical signs, nor affect the body weight gain, feed and water intake, estrous cycle, copulation and fertility rates, blood $17\beta-estradiol$ level and organ weights of dams. Also, the implantation and development including body weights, absorption and death of embryos and fetuses were not influenced by in utero exposure to licorice. In addition, there were no increases in external, visceral and skeletal abnormalities of fetuses. Taken together, it is suggested that no observed adverse effect level of licorice extract is higher than 2,000 mg/kg, and that long-term in utero exposure to licorice might not cause developmental toxicities of embryos and fetuses.

Biological Activities of Licorice F1 Lines and Content Analysis of Phytochemical Constituents

  • Park, Chun-Geon;Lee, Ah Young;Lee, Jeong Hoon;Lee, Jeong Min;Park, Jun Yeon;Lee, Sang-Hoon;Choi, Ae Jin;Park, Chung Berm;Cho, Eun Ju;Lee, Sanghyun
    • Natural Product Sciences
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.137-145
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    • 2014
  • The biological activities of licorice F1 (Glycyrrhiza glabra ${\times}$ G. uralensis) lines (G) were investigated, revealing strong radical scavenging activity targeting 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and hydroxyl (${\cdot}OH$) radicals. At a concentration of $100{\mu}g/mL$, most of the licorice F1 lines scavenged DPPH and ${\cdot}OH$ by more than 80%. Gs-1, -2, and -6 can be considered good scavengers of DPPH radical and G-7 have higher antioxidant activity against ${\cdot}OH$ radical. In addition, licorice F1 lines exerted effective anti-microbial activities against Escherichia coli (Gs-12, -17, and -18) and Staphylococcus aureus (Gs-3, -4, -5, -21, and -26). Moreover, Gs-2, - 20, -31, and -32 effectively inhibited the growth of Helicobacter pylori. Among licorice F1 lines, Gs-25 exhibited high anti-inflammatory effects on nitric oxide produced by lipopolysaccharide- and interferon-${\gamma}$-activated RAW 264.7 cells. Furthermore, Gs-1, -12, and -20 inhibited the growth of AGS human gastric adenocarcinoma cells by more than 60% at a concentration of $100{\mu}g/mL$ and Gs-5, -11, -19, and -32 showed inhibitory effects against rat lens aldose reductase ($IC_{50}$ values, 1.69, 6.07, 6.12, and $4.54{\mu}g/mL$, respectively). The total content of glycyrrhizin (1), glycyrrhetinic acid (2), glabridin (3), and isoliquiritigenin (4) in licorice F1 lines was high in Gs-11, -15, and -30. The present study therefore indicated that Gs-2, -26, -31, and -32 of licorice F1 possessing strong anti-oxidative, anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, and aldose reductase inhibitory effects may be used as a possible source material for natural health supplements in the future.

Analysis of Liquiritigenin, an Aglycone of Liquiritin in Licorice by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (감초 중 리퀴리티게닌 분석법 개발 및 함량분석)

  • Lee, Jong-Hwa;Ze, Keum-Ryon;Kim, Do-Hoon;Park, Ju-Young;Shim, Young-Hoon;Kim, Jong-Hwan;Lim, Sook;Shin, Jin-Seon;Kim, In-Seon;Kim, Ji-Yeon;Seong, Sang-Hyun;Jang, Seung-Yeup;Kim, Dong-Seup;Seong, Rack-Seon
    • Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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    • v.40 no.4
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    • pp.309-314
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    • 2009
  • Licorice(Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) is recorded as the root of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fischer or Glycyrrhiza glabra Linne or Glycyrrhiza inflata Bat.(Leguminosae) in Korean Pharmacopoeia $9^{th}$ edition (KP9) and Chinese Pharmacopoeia 2005(CP2005), Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fischer or Glycyrrhiza glabra Linne in Japanese Pharmacopoeia 2005(JP2005). It is established the content standard of Glycyrrhizin 2.5 % and liquiritin 1% in KP9 and CP2005. But, according to the reports, all Licorice species were not sufficient for content standard of liquiritin 1.0% for licorice in KP9 and CP2005. It shows different content of liquiritin among G. uralensis, G. glabra and G. inflata. Also, it was reported liquiritin, liquiritin apioside are transformed into liquiritigenin by human internal flora. Therefore, we have studied for the pre-treatment condition and analytical method of liquiritigenin; It was good efficinet in 2M HCl reflux(1 hr) for hydrolysis and in methylene chloride for solvent fractionation. And 1% acetic acid in DW(A) and acetonitrile(B) with gradient condition as a mobile phase was most effective in HPLC analytical condition. According to these experimental methods, we have anlayzed content of liquiritigenin about 77 Licorice sample. In this research, it was also examined the content of liquiritin and liquiritigenin for Glycyrrhizae Radix related growing area. According to the results, we suggested the content standard of glycyrrhizin more than 2.5%, liquiritigenin more than 0.7%(after hydrolysis) of licorice.

The Study of Sugar Analysis in Licorice Extract by HPLC (HPLC를 이용한 감초 추출물의 당 분석법 연구)

  • Kwon Young-Ju;Jang Gi-Chul;Rah Hyo-Hwan;Kim Yong-Ha;Rhee Moon-Su
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Tobacco Science
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    • v.27 no.1 s.53
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    • pp.114-119
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    • 2005
  • The study was carried out to develope quantitative analysis method of individual sugars in licorice extract. Individual sugars were analyzed by HPLC equipped with Refractive Index(RI) Detector. R values of sucrose and glucose were 1.0000 and R values of fructose and maltose were 0.9999. Standard calibration curve showed good linearity. Detection limit of sugars was in the range of 1.58 to 3.92 ${\mu}g$. Recovery rate of fructose, glucose, sucrose and maltose was $99.4\~102.2\%,\;92.3\~97.9\%,\;99.4\~102.0\%,\;91.1\~101.0$ respectively. Measure uncertainty was calculated to confirm trust and accuracy of analytical results. Main uncertainty factors were standard purity and HPLC replication injection. In $95\%$ trust level expanded uncertainty of sugars in licorice extract were fructose $1.98\pm0.047,\;glucose\;1.32\pm0.065,\;sucrose\;11.69\pm1.177,\;maltose\;1.06\pm0.042\;g/100\;g$.

Isolation and Identification of Antimicrobial Compounds from Licorice Extracts (감초 추출물로부터 항균성 물질의 분리 및 동정)

  • Lee, Jin-Man;Lee, Yoon-Won;Hur, Sang-Sun
    • Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.255-263
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    • 2016
  • Antimicrobial properties of Licorice(Glycyrrhizae radix L.) against food spoilage microorganism, Bacillus subtilis KCTC 1021 was investigated. Antibacterial activity of the essential oil was as equivalent as Potassium metabisulfite and myconazole. The licorice extracts was fractionated to hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, butanol and water fraction. Chloroform fraction showed the highest inhibitory effect on the Bacillus subtilis KCTC 1021. Chloroform fraction was further fractionated by silica gel column chromatography and thin layer chromatography(TLC). The antibacterial compound was isolated from their fractions and its chemical structures was identified as (R)-glabridin by ESI-MS, $^1H$-NMR and $^{13}C$-NMR.

Antioxidant activities of licorice-derived prenylflavonoids

  • Kim, Hyo Jung;Seo, Ji-Yeon;Suh, Hwa-Jin;Lim, Soon Sung;Kim, Jong-Sang
    • Nutrition Research and Practice
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    • v.6 no.6
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    • pp.491-498
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    • 2012
  • Glycyrrhiza uralensis (or licorice) is a widely used Oriental herbal medicine from which the phenylflavonoids dehydroglyasperin C (DGC), dehydroglyasperin D (DGD), and isoangustone A (IsoA) are derived. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the antioxidant properties of DGC, DGD, and IsoA. The three compounds showed strong ferric reducing activities and effectively scavenged DPPH, $ABTS^+$, and singlet oxygen radicals. Among the three compounds tested, DGC showed the highest free radical scavenging capacity in human hepatoma HepG2 cells as assessed by oxidant-sensitive fluorescent dyes dichlorofluorescein diacetate and dihydroethidium bromide. In addition, all three compounds effectively suppressed lipid peroxidation in rat tissues as well as $H_2O_2$-induced ROS production in hepatoma cells. This study demonstrates that among the three phenylflavonoids isolated from licorice, DGC possesses the most potent antioxidant activity, suggesting it has protective effects against chronic diseases caused by reactive oxygen species as well as potential as an antioxidant food additive.

Changes in Chemical Composition and Biological Activities of Oriental Crude Drugs by Food Processing Techniques (I) - Changes in Liquiritigenin Contents in Licorice Extract Treated by the Crude Enzyme Extract from Aspergillus kawachii (식품학적 가공에 의한 생약의 성분 및 활성 변화 (I) - Aspergillus kawachii 유래 조효소액 처리에 의한 감초 추출물 중 Liquiritigenin의 함량변화)

  • Kim, Sang-In;Kim, Ji-Eun;So, Jai-Hyun;Rhee, In-Koo;Chung, Shin-Kyo;Lee, Kyung-Bok;Yoo, Yung-Choon;Song, Kyung-Sik
    • Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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    • v.35 no.4 s.139
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    • pp.309-314
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    • 2004
  • By treating crude enzyme extract from Aspergillus kawachii, the liquiritigenin content in the licorice (Glycyrrhizae Radix) was significantly increased. The liquiritigenin content reached its maximum level (45.7 mg/g licorice extract) after 60 min of incubation with the crude enzyme extract at $37^{\circ}C$, while the inactivated crude enzyme treated control contained trace amount (about 0.11 mg/g) of liquiritigenin. The enzyme-treated licorice extract inhibited more than 50% DPPH radical at 100 ppm and this was about two times higher activity compared to the enzyme-untreated control.

The Study on Antioxidation of Retinal (Retinol에 대한 항산화 연구)

  • 조춘구;한창규;홍우진
    • Journal of the Society of Cosmetic Scientists of Korea
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.58-70
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    • 2002
  • In an attempt to compare the antioxidation effects of constrain the oxidation and improve the structural stability, retinol and various antioxidants were together encapsulated by liposome. Four water soluble and four oil soluble antioxidants were tested for performance. The influence of tertiary butylhydroquinone(TBHQ), ${\alpha}$-glycosyl rutin(${\alpha}$-G rutin), licorece, pycnogenol as water soluble antioxidants and butylated hydroxytoluene(BHT), ${\alpha}$-lipoic acid, ferulic acid, natural concentrated tooopherol(no-tocopherol) as oil soluble antioxidants on the constraint of oxidation of retinol were investigated. Additional study was conducted to compare the synergic effect of antioxidation for retinol with licorice, pycnogenol, ${\alpha}$-lipoic acid and BHT. All the antioxidant used at the study constrained oxidation of retinol. The effect of antioxidation for retinol increased in order of licorice, pycnogenol, TBHQ, ${\alpha}$-G rutin as water soluble antioxidants and ${\alpha}$-lipoic acid, BHT, no-tocopherol, ferulic acid as oil soluble antioxidants. In conclusion, ${\alpha}$-lipoic acid is more effective retinol antioxidants than BHT. And the combination of ${\alpha}$-lipoic acid and BHT gave best synergic among six combinations.

Effects of Photoperiod and Shading on Growth and Yield of Licorice

  • Han, Sang-Sun;Kim, Yeon-Bok;Lee, Sang-Yong;Chang, Kwang-Jin;Lee, Han-Bum;Lee, Ki-Cheol;Park, Cheol-Ho
    • Plant Resources
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.13-25
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    • 2001
  • Growth and yield of licorice were investigated under the different conditions of photoperiod and shading in order to establish its cultural practice for the domestic production with the aim to substitute the import. The photoperiod was adjusted to 8,10, and 12 h by shielding plants from the light with blackout curtain. Large seedlings(11-20g) appeared to be affected by photoperiod since around 65 days. Most of growth parameters, including plant height, number of leaf, fresh and dry weight of plant and root, were the highest in 12 h photoperiod among all the photoperiod levels, excepting stem diameter which was the highest in 10 h photoperiod(4.5mm). Each photoperiod was similar to each other in root length and diameter. Small seedlings(4-l0g) showed a similar trend to large seedlings. The results from field photoperiod experiment demonstrated that 12 h photoperiod was also the best among three photoperiod treatments in plant height, stem diameter, number of leaf, root length, fresh and dry weight of plant and root. The effect of shading was tested under the three levels of control (0%), half-shading (55%), and full shading (90%). Shading remarkably suppressed the growth and yield, compared to no-shading. Although plant height and root length were little affected by the shading, stem and root diameters were heavily reduced.

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